Anton Drasche (1 July 1826 – 23 August 1904) was an Austrian internist and epidemiologist.
Drasche studied medicine in Prague, Vienna and Leipzig,[1] earning his doctorate in 1853.
[2] On a recommendation from German hygienist Max Pettenkofer, he became an associate professor of epidemiology in 1874.
[3] He is remembered for his studies of epidemic diseases, such as typhoid, bubonic plague, influenza and especially Asiatic cholera.
He was also concerned with cardiac and pulmonary diseases, and was at the forefront in the promotion of hygienic measures.